a.m. saturday morning in the 4100 block of belleview avenue, to close to home for fits you hearing. -- to close to home for this man. >> it is really scary. >> police say another went through a window in the 3900 block of groveland avenue, and one more was thrown into a home at the 3300 block of heights avenue. >> it is scary to think that someone would think to throw a cocktail like that at a house for no apparent reason. anybody could be hurt. >> police said two residents heard a screeching vehicles leaving the scenes, but they're not sure if people were in cars or on foot. they have no description of the people. the only similarities between these and those that occurred in september is the homemade bombs.

this weekend, there were put into a liquor bottles. the bottles were filled with some kind of flammable liquid. >> what is galling to break this case is tips from the community. these attacks are taking place between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., a very tough time of night. >> the police were able to recover rents of one bottle and are testing it for evidence. -- the remnants of one bottle and are testing it for evidence. >> we have breaking news. let's go to roy taylor. >> this is on magnolia in the southern district of baltimore city. this has been going on for 45 minutes, traffic shut down in both directions. it is some type of police operation. we noticed a lot of atf officers in what we would considered a

take-down year. -- in what we would consider take-down year. -- gear. suspects had taken off in a vehicle with somewhat of a small police pursuit and crashed into a pole. at least five people are hurt. we have not been able to get exactly what they were being observed for or what was going down with atf. they're pretty tight lipped right now. the victims went to shock trauma. they were in handcuffs. we're still trying to get more on this police activity. >> thank you. there's still no word on how

southwest baltimore home broke into flames, killing a woman and her son as he was trying to save her life. neighbors told us don ritter was trapped on the third floor and her son was trying to save her. they both died of smoke inhalation. fire officials are trying to determine the cause of the fire. >> a developing story out of baltimore city, police confirmed they are investigating two rapes. here is what we know right now. the latest case happened early sunday morn. a 27-year-old woman was assaulted at around 4:00 a.m. and investigators said another attack happened thursday morning. a woman was awakened by a suspect with an assault her. that will victim was 29-year- old. police say they do not think the cases are related. and baltimore county police are

looking for a man who ran away after using a gun tooled up a 7/11. it happened at 11:00 a.m. this morning. investigators are looking for a white man in his early 20s. no word on how much money he took. >> police say they know who is behind a home -- a string of home burglaries. the investigation could open up something bigger. walter dan meyer is accused of burglarizing six homes. they're trying to determine if he is linked to another string of robberies in the area as well. if you witness anything suspicious, call police. authorities tell us a 15-year- old girl was walking to school when a man allegedly tried to grab her through the window of his car. this all happened around 9:30 a.m. this morning around cedar road. police are looking for a man in his 40's with a dark complexion,

believed to be caucasian or hispanic. he was driving a two-door pickup truck, older model, with tinted windows. >> mayor stephany rawlings- blake is unveiling a multipronged proposal to generate more money for schools. some of these are controversial. >> the mayor's school construction plan goes beyond raising the city's bonnell tax, but a number of the elements of it go beyond the city's control. it is unclear if the bottle tax will come up tonight. >> we have now reached a breaking point and it is time to act now. today, the school system faces a major funding shortfall for school construction and richard -- renovation. >> it is already meeting stiff

resistance. >> business leaders call it a job killer. >> why is our mayor not talking about job creation? this does everything to reduce jobs in our city. >> revenue is already falling short of expectations. city hall estimated $5.8 million per year, but it has only generated $4.7 million. the mayor's better school initiative deserves more scrutiny. in addition to raising the bottle tax, she would raise slots revenues as well.

the city will ask the general assembly to increase the city's debt capacity to $100 million. the city wants to try to create public-private partnership for school funding >> the combined revenue could leverage as much as $300 million in bond funding for renovation and construction and will increase the city's annual capital contribution by 140%. >> and aclu report puts the figure at $2.8 billion. but somehow or another, we need to get to a solution where we renovate every single building. this, to me, it's a step. >> the city council president is currently looking over this

bottle tax proposal. and >> of the child sexual abuse investigation that has rocked penn state university took a new turn today with an internal investigation, a group of all -- criminal investigation of possible lawsuits. jerry sandusky was arraigned last week on 40 counts of child abuse involving minors. >> as the investigation into child sex abuse moves toward at penn state university, there's more fallout surrounding the accused former assistant football coach. the judge, who set bail for jerry sandusky following his arraignment, was a volunteer and reported the donated money to the second mile, the charity sandusky founded and reportedly used to meet the alleged victims. the ceo of the charity over the weekend resigned. >> he thought it was in the best interest of the

organization to move forward. >> last week, the head football coach, joe paterno, who led the lions for nearly five decades was fired. the athletic director and university vice president were forced to step down. they announced today they are removing paterno's name from the championship trophy. today, students return to class and said they can hope to -- they hope they can rebuild its image. >> curley and schultze are due in court later this week to face charges of lying to the grand jury and covering up reports of the boost -- the abuse. >> there are investigating why the crimes were never reported to police, and at the same time, defending the university against a potential suit.

and paterno's image, much like the universities, is now on the line as this case unfolds. >> normal high temperatures as we approach the midpoint in the month of november, only in the 50's. today is a bonus day with the readings climbing into the 70's. starting to drop back down into the mid to upper 60's in some spots, but still very mild. it will stay mile tonight. dry weather anticipated tonight, but not to be far -- not too far to the north and west, severe thunderstorms. a tornado watch in effect in parts of the ohio valley and great lakes area. there's a fairly significant temperature drop coming up.

>> what do you say after yesterday's game? sears the, what do you say after a game like that? >> a lot of folks are saying a lot of things. it is the third time this season the ravens were left explaining another flop against a losing team. >> we cannot quite recall the team that has risen to such highs and plummeted like a dot com stock over and over again. it leaves you wondering, who are these guys? >> left side, shoulder down, into the seattle touchdown. fumbles the ball and the seahawks recovered at the ravens

19. flacco takes the snap. stepped up in the pocket. looking for tory smith, andy overthrows at least 30 yard line. -- and he overthrows at the 30 yard line. his 52nd attempt of the day. touchdown, and dixon. it is a rare day for ed dixon. marshawn lynch sidesteps and picks up a first down. that makes the third straight comeback highly unlikely. got a first down at the 23. the ravens are going to lose and that means they surrender first place back to the steelers as

the steelers' coach to 7-3 and the ravens fall to 6-3. >> john harbaugh answers questions coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> that brings us to our raven's text question today. in your opinion, who is most at fault for the ravens performing so poorly after a big win? texter answer 288509. -- text your answer to a 8509. >> breast implants are still a popular cosmetic enhancement, but back in the 1990's they had a bad reputation. >> we will look at why it is much safer now, and how. >> one wrote a shutdown because

of thousands of gallons of sewage. -- a road is to shut down because of thousands of gallons of sewage.

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>> crews have been dealing with the 446,000 gallons of spillage into glens falls. the top and run around wilkins avenue and south deutzman street send it -- south duka and st. sunday afternoon. grues continue to examine the inside of a 27 and tramain to divert the flow -- crews continue to examine the inside of a 27 inch of sewer main to divert the flow. >> there have been problems with breast implants, but new technology has greatly improve them and cut down on the complications. >> this is what the memory gel implants looks like. >> they have a little better shape to them. instead of being flattened out and have more protection. >> this surgeon says it feels natural, but there really

vantage to these implants you can see -- the real advantage to the implants dickensian the video, if the -- you can see in the video, if the implant is to rupture, it will not go anywhere. >> it is like a gummy bear. >> another improvement is a thing called dermis. it is helpful for women you have -- who have experienced partners from a previous implant. >> it helps to hold the implant in position, like a slane. it also decreases the new reaction of the body to form a hard capsule. >> the doctor says while the technology has changed, the reason for breast augmentation remains the same. the women who have a desire for fuller breasts or want to restore volume that has been lost after weight reduction or pregnancy. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer.

>> it is almost mid-november and we have temperatures still in the 70's. not quite a record high today, but close. 76 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. 77 is the record. downtown did hit 77, but the official statistics are measured at the airport. look at the normal, 57. we were almost 27 -- 20 degrees warmer than normal officially. the morning low of 56 is more representative of what we have for an afternoon high this year. -- this time of year. it will be mild tonight, but changes will be rolling in tomorrow afternoon and into wednesday. in the meantime, light, southerly breezes and clouds in the area will keep temperatures mild tonight. we started in the 50's in the

morning and wound up in the 70's. across the middle of a ticket is still unusually mild 74 in downtown baltimore right now. 66 in frederick. tonight, the low is staying in the '50s -- 50's. the wind out of the south /southwest at about 6-12 miles per hour. that line of showers has some thunder and even some severe weather in it. up toward cleveland, some have become a severe thunderstorms. there has been one tornado reporting champaign county in illinois. the potential is for this to produce isolated tornadoes. a much weaker version of that fraud will be coming through our area tomorrow. right now, it stretches along

that ribbon of clouds into the southern plains and in eastern canada. showers tomorrow, and just that in the area will keep the temperature down a little tomorrow. and then as the front side south, wednesday -- slides south, wednesday, we will be firmly entrenched in the chillier air. there may be enough for snow in western maryland with a chilly rain in the eastern part of the state. the warmest day was today. cloudy showers tomorrow with highs in the low 60's. a small craft advisory in effect, especially for the morning hours. but those winds can be pretty brisk when this front signed -- slide through.

may not get out of the 40's on wednesday and there is potential for snow in the mountains by thursday. scattered showers on the eastern shore for tuesday and wednesday. on may 20% chance of a shower -- only 820% chance of a shower and still -- only a 20 % chance of a shower and still warm tomorrow. >> the hermine kaine saga continues. the former boyfriend of one of the women accusing him is supporting her side of the story. and baseball hall of famer cal ripken's son is making big steps

for 2012. will tell you where he plans to play ball just ahead. >> i will give you a full tour of harbour east coming up.

>> following in your father's footsteps is big shoes to fill, especially if your last name is ripken and you are playing baseball. >> rob roblin has the story >> today, for gilman seniors announced they would be playing division one -- four gilman seniors announced they would be playing a division one baseball. one of that and one of them's last name is reckoned. his 18-year-old -- he is 18- year-old ryan ratacand, son of cal ripken.

-- ryan ripken, son of cal ripken. he will go to the university of south carolina. >> i love playing sports, but i also get to continue a passion that i've had since i was a little kid. i'm very excited about the opportunity. >> for his mom, kalle, it is a proud moment and it is something she knows he really wants to do. >> both of our kids are individuals and they have grown up being in the spotlight, but they're both very grounded and know what they want. this is something that ryan is aspiring to do. i think he will have a great opportunity at the university of south carolina. >> his coach and teammates are very happy that he is getting this great opportunity. >> what kind of kid is he? >> he is a terrific kid. he would have all of the "right

," i guess to do things differently than the other kids, but he doesn't. >> he is a great leader and will have to them. >> he is always positive and i wish him the best of luck. >> and he will be at the university of south carolina next fall. >> i can see both of his parents in him. >> police have questions as they investigate a deadly shooting in south baltimore -- in south west baltimore. >> a supreme court showdown over president obama's healthcare lob. i'm brian moren washington, with more on that story coming out. >> a pujols guyliner baltimore

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>> new tonight at 5:30 p.m., police in anne arundel county are hoping that photos will help them close a get the hit and run case. jane driver was a truck operator who was struck and

killed. >> we are live at ketz towing in roseville with more on that story. >> they're hoping here at ted's telling that those photos will help police in the investigation. ted's towing is also throwing in $1,000 for information leading to conviction. it has been almost three months since james schreiber was killed by a hit-and-run driver while on a call in glen burnie. police have still not found the person responsible. >> it has been hard. everybody has still got to go out and do their job and we try not to think about it when we are out there, but we are also

doing our best to be safe. >> on august 24 just after 8:00 a.m., schreiber was helping a sewage truck that had broken down near oak wood road. police say this reddick 1987 to 1995-ish nissan pathfinder hit schreiber, killing him. is offering a $1,000 award on top of the crimestoppers $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. >> and we have also been getting a lot of other people trying to help. >> police said the pathfinder should have damage to the right fender area as well as the right front turn signal and possibly the headlight. schreiber left behind a wife and two children and today, nor his

co-workers, will be able to rest -- and they, along with his co- workers, but not be put to rest until there is justice. >> if you add information, call metro crimestoppers. there is now a $12,000 reward in this case. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. controversy continues to surround the city's bonnell tax. -- bottle tax. business leaders called the tax increase a job killer. revenues have fallen short of expectations. the city estimated it would generate $5.8 million per year. a new report shows it generated $4.7 million. three molotov cocktails were thrown in three separate homes

over the weekend. the first just before 1:30 a.m. saturday in the 4100 block of bellevue ave. within minutes, another bomb went through the window of 3900 block of groveland avenue and another one at the 3300 block of heights avenue. and a murder in baltimore city and at this hour police are searching for the shooter. it happened a long price very street. -- p [resbury street. anyone with information is asked to contact the police. >> it challenging president obama's health care reform law sets the stage just a few months before next fall's election. but the key issue, whether insurance will be required by law -- >> the key issue, whether

insurance will be required by law or pay a penalty. >> the supreme court is hearing a challenge to president obama's health-care law. a constitutional challenge that will be decided during the middle of the election campaigns. >> there will be legal ramifications as well as political ramifications. >> the single question, can congress force americans to buy health insurance? >> for the first time in 200 years, congress is requiring every american to either buy a product, in this case health insurance, or pay a fine. if this is of help, what is off- limits? >> how far can congress reach? >> the supreme court has upheld various forms of insurance, social security, old age insurance. >> we have confidence that the

law will be held -- and will be upheld as constitutional. >> i think they will find the individual responsibility provision constitutional, but if they do not, i do not think it is going to have a major impact on the other provisions of the health reform legislation. >> a landmark showdown over a landmark law. >> for the arguments are set for early march. -- arguments are set for early march. >> the washington cathedral is open again and what what better way to celebrate that than with 1000 pipes? a cathedral organist group demonstrated its pipe organ. the cathedral reopened sunday to the public. it had been closed since august 23 when the 5.9 magnitude

earthquake struck, causing some damage to the building. >> a pipe organ like that can put out a mighty sound. eight days and counting, scientists are calling a congo ic eruption in the cond the largest in a century. >> you have to go quite a ways to see it. >> one of the well-known names on the witness list for the trial in the rowboat call case trial in the rowboat call case -- obo-call [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money?

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>> meanwhile, in the united states, police in california to pennsylvania are banding together to deal with protesters in the occupiey movement. there was little resistance from the protesters, although at least a dozen of them were taken away in handcuffs. police started breaking down the tents after several warnings were issued to the protesters. the action came after police drove hundreds of demonstrators from the protest in oregon. >> chelsea clinton has a new job tonight with nbc news. the network made the announcement today that former president bill clinton's daughter will joined nbc news as a special correspondent for the show "making a difference." chelsea clinton will also appear

on nbc nightly news and on iraq center with ryan williams. -- rock center with ryan williams. the department of transportation's latest move could end up buying you some time. >> another person comes forward in the kaine controversy -- cain controversy, his wife. she is standing by her man. >> stores are moving from the ohio valley into this direction. -- storms are moving from the ohio valley to this direction.

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>> as claims of sexual harassment against herman cain continue, his poll numbers are starting to slide. for the first time his wife speaks out about the allegations against her husband. >> herman cain has repeatedly denied accusations of sexual harassment, but so far no response to this new account.

>> one week after she went public that herman cain and groped her more than a decade ago -- >> he suddenly reached over and put his hand on my leg under my skirt. >> her former boyfriend is the latest to corroborate her story. >> i can confirm that when she returned she was upset. she said something had happened. and that mr. kane had touched her in an inappropriate manner. >> his wife of 43 years since down in her first interview with greta van susteren on the fox news channel. >> to hear such graphic allegations and to know that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and i know that is not the person he is. he totally respect women. >> he is down to 14% support in

a cnn research survey. >> there are constant new revelations coming out, and then rebuttals coming out. that daley drip, drip, drip is the kind of thing that erode support. >> at least two candidates seem to be gaining from it, mitt romney and newt gingrich. >> tonight, africa's most active volcano is putting on quite a show for anyone who can get close enough to see it. it is in a very remote area of the democratic republic of congo in a national park. it is the biggest eruption in a century. officials have tried to set up a safety zone around it, but they say it is safe for tourists.

>> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> unusually warm temperatures in the mid-atlantic and up and down the eastern seaboard. at the inner harbor we did hit 77, but that is not an official climate statistic for the region. the official high is at b.w.i. marshall. the official high today is 74. it is within three degrees of the record high in 1989. our low temperature was more like the afternoon high for this time of year. 74 downtown, 68 in columbia. the eastern shore is mild. a cool breeze coming off of ocean city at 62. burg and oakland.

57 is about where the low temperatures will end up tonight. there are some changes kenyan with severe thunderstorms in illinois and ohio. -- some changes kingpin with the severe thunderstorms in illinois and ohio. say goodbye to these mild temperatures. it will still be a bit warmer than normal tomorrow, but on the other side of this front it cools off quite rapidly. increasing cloudiness and showers are likely tomorrow. wednesday, a low pressure system tracking on the front produces another shock of rain, especially south east of baltimore. colder temperatures thursday, may be cold enough for some snow in the higher mountains to our north and west by thursday. loh 60's tomorrow instead of

the lower mid 70's we had today. it my best to 20 knots at times on the bay. western maryland, only to the mid 50's tomorrow. by thursday, temperatures will be in the 30's and some of that grain could change to snow in western maryland -- some of that range could change to snow in western maryland on thursday. still about 70 tomorrow before a slight chance for a shower in the evening with a better chance for rain on the beach on wednesday. a chance for a share wednesday, only 58. bear the in the upper 40's on thursday. the weekend starts dry. a slight chance for showers sunday. sunday's high about 60.

consumer alert, federal regulators are looking into the possibility of transmission troubles on some gm models. the national highway safety administration is investigating reports of 2004-2008 chevy malibu and the 2005-2007 pontiac g6. the driver could put the car parked, but it may actually be in a drive or reverse. $900,000 tabin fines for airlins that keep passengers could upon planes. those types of incidents will not be tolerated during the busy travel season. according to the report, a total of 608 passengers were aboard

the delayed flights. the airline will have to pay $650,000 within the third -- the first 30 days, but up to $250,000 can be credited for frequent-flier miles and vouchers. we are approaching a season of bigger heating bills, but before you start number crunching, you can save some cash if you start right now. here are some of the things we have uncovered. you should start with an energy audit, then make fixes around the house with caulking and drafty windows. energy experts also say turning your thermostat down can save you tons of cash. and do not forget about mother nature, allowing natural sunlight in on a sunny day can help warm your home. and that is something you can

take advantage of for free. >> about half of what you spend on home energy bills goes toward heating your home. >> you can find more helpful hints on our website wbaltv.com, just click on "consumer alert." >> announcing two african hand -- african penguin chicks. the climate at rock colony is perfect for breeding. at any given time there are these 55 penguins at the zoo. you can visit them at the location at druid hill park during visiting hours. the deadline for the debt committee is approaching fast. we could face the harsh automatic spending cuts. the details on that coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

>> the brand new four seasons baltimore is now open for business. >> through the state-filled work of agencies such as catholic charities and the generosity of god's people, the catholic church is able to meet the needs of our older sisters and brothers by providing such assistance as housing and other support services to seniors in need. the catholic church believes in the dignity of every person. our doors and our hearts are always open.

>> baltimore and welcomed a new luxury hotel this morning. the four seasons opened its doors at harbour east. >> there's a new destination at harvard east. 18 stories tall, the four seasons baltimore officially opened its doors monday. >> it will be a key destination,

i think. travelers that might not have thought about coming to baltimore before my be considering it for leisure as well as business. >> votel is many years in the making and features contemporary designs throughout. they also have the largest collection of modern art in baltimore on display everywhere you look. some of it is by local artists. >> it is coupled with architecture and design and i think the art will get a lot of feedback. >> more than 250 rooms altogether. all of the rooms come equipped with a blue ray dvd player, a cellphone charger and other amenities. >> hotel officials say they hope they will become a destination for baltimore resident, too.

>> it is for people to travel to baltimore, but most important among we want to be part of the baltimore community. we want to be the place where people meet and greet and really enjoy the arbor. -- the harbor. >> several city officials, including the mayor, turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony appeared -- ceremony. >> that is all for us at 5:00 p.m. here is what is coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> prosecutors say he is a key witness, for -- former gov. bob ehrlich is expected in court on the robo call case. >> the mayor's proposed increase to the city bottled tax is meeting resistance at city hall.

>> this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> we told you last week that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wants to increase the bottle tax to 5 cents in baltimore. today we learned that she wants to fastrac the proposal. increasing it from 2 cents to 5 cents is part of the mayor's school initiative. >> it also includes leveraging additional state funds. david collins has more. >> the mayor's schools but -- school construction plan goes beyond the bottle tax and many of the elements associated with it go beyond city hall's control. although the mayor wants to put this legislation on the fastrac, that is, the bottle tax cut all we have learned that the city council is not going to entertain it to night. entertain it to night.